Stickman Bangkok packs it in after two decades

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Kindling: Seminal sexpat blogger Stickman Bangkok packs it in after two decades

By Laurel Tuohy

In his nightlife reporting, Stickman reported on bar girls but also on nightlife regulars, club owners, bartenders and other characters on the scene. Photos: Stickman Bangkok

BANGKOK: -- In a sad and surprising post, Stick, the blogger behind one of Bangkok’s oldest expat blogs, Stickman Bangkok, announced that he’s packing it in and calling it a day after writing about Bangkok’s naughty nightlife scene and publishing glamour photos of bar girls for 19 years.

Many of the city’s expats (or, c’mon, sexpats) will feel a bit lost without his weekly updates about girly bar gossip and photos to peruse over their morning Nescafe (or, let’s face it, beer).

The blogger, a man from New Zealand named Nick who keeps his identity semi-concealed and boasts legions of farang male fans, moved back to New Zealand a few years ago after selling his site to an investor. He remained the site’s main paid blogger, using his network of bar bosses, regulars, and naughty nightlife insiders to get up-to-the-minute info about the the city’s go-go bars and underbelly news.

It worked well enough. It was hard to tell he wasn’t out trolling Soi Cowboy, Nana, and Pattaya’s Walking Street himself to dig up the site’s info. But, on Sunday, he wrote that the person he sold the site to can no longer pay him so he’s quitting.

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Pretty old news, isn't it? He informed about it a few months ago already! But to all good things comes an end sooner or later and is in this stupid era replaced by something negative. Getting used to all the crap (people and things!) that's around these days worldwide requires a body of steel unless you're a heartless addicted robot of course.... Was good to read his stories and insight views.

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You could just reprint any of his old columns from the 80's. Nobody would notice.

You could even invent Trink bots to write his column automatically. Burma Shave, TIT, huMAN natURE, Lek at Cowboy 2 is worth a try out, Balloons at Rainbow 3, 1950's New Yorker style............ and repeat the formula.

You would have to prime the bots not to repeat his early stuff about underage girls though.

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We the lucky few that were here in our 20's through the 80's, 90's and early 00's.

Stick, whom I have met several times for a wee drinkie, knows like the rest of us long-term expats, that the gig is up in Thailand.

The gig is perhaps up for you and other long term expats who have giving up but Thailand has so much to offer that it's history is not going to be decided or its best times past in the 80's 90's and 00's.

Every new new visitor doesn't know what it was like back then so it's all new to them to make their own memories just like you did. Just check YouTube for the 1 million vlogs about Thailand (all with the soundtrack to the movie the beach)and you'll see plenty of happy experiences

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You could just reprint any of his old columns from the 80's. Nobody would notice.

You could even invent Trink bots to write his column automatically. Burma Shave, TIT, huMAN natURE, Lek at Cowboy 2 is worth a try out, Balloons at Rainbow 3, 1950's New Yorker style............ and repeat the formula.

You would have to prime the bots not to repeat his early stuff about underage girls though.

Trink's column defined anachronism.

(You're not Trink, are you?)

True dat

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Wow, don’t you people know a game of poker when you see it. There is way too much money invested in the Stickman website. Stick was not getting paid so…… run the math. I think he will be back fairly soon before the website devalues too much.

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